Last week’s Mackinac policy conference once again brought a lot of talk about public transit: the Chamber’s business survey showing public transit as the most important transportation issue, lots of big whigs expressing support for the privately funded Woodward project (even though there’s still no official information on it) and more.
Of special interest to transit advocates – Brooks Patterson said in an interview with WDET he’s willing to support whatever the public wants. Read interview excerpts or listen to the full interview.
Also in the news:
- MLive.com: Hertel at Mackinac: Mass transit could drive economic turnaround in Metro Detroit
- Nice video interview of John Hertel
- Nice video interview of John Hertel
- Crain’s Detroit Business: Legislators, Gilbert, Penske will back light rail on Woodward
- More details slowly leaking out
- More details slowly leaking out
- WDET news: Keeping Our Young People Here
- "Claire Nelson asked 50 of her friends what Detroit needs to retain young people. The first thing they said across the board was "transit, transit, transit."
- WDET Detroit Today: "Moving Forward?" (Mackinac Pt. 3)
- Interview with Brooks Patterson and Robert Ficano
- Interview with Brooks Patterson and Robert Ficano
- WDET Detroit Today: Fudge (Mackinac Pt. 2)
- Transit discussed in the last third of the show
- MLive – Michigan Business Review: Mackinac’s top 5: Action items out of today’s sessions
- Crain’s Detroit Business: Edsel Ford delivers One D report card